Clogged Lines — How To Fix Them?

Adding more water to the line does nothing to clear the obstacle and continues to store as a pool of dirty water, or even worse, the water pool starts to drip and then spill all around the surrounding upon filling to the top? Gross! This is when you need to get urgent plumbing help. Allow me to make it clear how the drain line might have clogged up at your end beyond your imagination.

 

What Causes Drain Lines To Clog? 

 

Drain lines are simple passages that allow water and material in liquid state to pass without any pressure. All drain lines are connected to the main sewerage where solid and liquid waste is dumped or discarded.

The drain line mechanism works as a gravitational pull for the liquid to flow across the line and speed of liquid force that might be able to drag any solid object or residue along with it. It is appropriate to understand that the smaller the drain line, the more difficult it is for solid objects to cross the path. As well as, any constriction caused along the way can hinder the flow mechanism in the drain line resulting in a clogged drain where waste material is unable to move freely towards the sewerage destination and instead begins to store. Possible things that can cause a constriction in the drain line are as follows.

·         Usually shower drain lines get obscured by the accumulation of excessive hair. Hair tend to tangle around the tiniest protruded surface and begins to deposit as more and more comes along. Sometimes manual flushing does not help in removing the accumulated hair and causes the drain line to close down.

·         Similarly discarding of undissolvable material such as plastic or even worse solid objects down the washroom flush line will have the same impact on its drain passage.

·         Not something most of us would know but grease accumulation paired with other minor solids can clog up the kitchen drain line beyond manual repair. Strained oil or greasy fatty food dropped down the line can really hold on to the sides of the drain line and eventually causing a serious kind of constriction. 

 

These are some of the common examples of drain line blockage which means, the solution is beyond our scope.

 

At this point, when waste refuses to pass and continues to store, it is advisable you call in a plumber to the rescue for Ottawa Plumbing Services. Instead of attempting mission ‘drain cleaning’ and creating an undesirable mess later on.

 

Clearing Up Of The Drain Lines

Certain steps are performed to remove clogging material from drain lines. They are as follows:

·         The simplest form of unclogging a drain line involves the traditional drain snaking technique in which the plumber uses a plumbing tool, more commonly known as an ‘auger’ to push force the clogging material and release the water flow again.

·         Then there is hydro-jet technique which is rather latest and quite effective in removing the toughest blockages off of the pathway. A plumber will use hydro-jet to forcefully flush grease or residue accumulation which are tough to remove manually using drain snaking technique.

 

While drain snaking is an ideal solution for minor blockages hydro-jet technique is best for draining the unmovable, stubborn waste blockage which is the last resort for unclogging drain line.